Karim Ojjeh
Saudi Arabian businessman and racing driver

Karim Ojjeh

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Saudi Arabian businessman and racing driver
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27 August 1965(Geneva, Switzerland)
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Karim Ojjeh (Arabic: كريم عجة‎; born 27 August 1965 in Geneva) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and racing driver. He is the younger brother of Mansour Ojjeh and son of Akram Ojjeh. He is a director of TAG Finance S.A.. In his spare time he races in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing career

Between 1991 and 1994, Ojjeh attended the Jim Russell Racing Driver School. He raced in Formula Palmer Audi between 2002 and 2004. He made his Le Mans Series debut in 2004 in a Ferrari 360 Modena. In 2005, he competed full-time in the series for Paul Belmondo Racing in an LMP2 Courage-AER, winning two races. Ojjeh and the team finished second in class at the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ojjeh continued racing with the team in 2006, but for 2007, he moved to Barazi-Epsilon, winning two LMS races in their Zytek. For 2008, Ojjeh competed in a Zytek 07S/2 for the Trading Performance team. In 2009, Ojjeh raced the Zytek under the G.A.C Racing Team banner, and for 2010 raced the updated Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 for Team Bruichladdich.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2005 Paul Belmondo Racing Claude-Yves Gosselin
Adam Sharpe
Courage C65-Ford LMP2 300 21st 2nd
2006 Paul Belmondo Racing Claude-Yves Gosselin
Pierre Ragues
Courage C65-Ford LMP2 84 DNF DNF
2007 Barazi-Epsilon Juan Barazi
Michael Vergers
Zytek 07S/2 LMP2 252 DNF DNF
2008 Trading Performance Claude-Yves Gosselin
Adam Sharpe
Zytek 07S/2 LMP2 22 DNF DNF
2009 G.A.C Racing Team Claude-Yves Gosselin
Philipp Peter
Zytek 07S/2 LMP2 102 DNF DNF
2010 Team Bruichladdich Tim Greaves
Gary Chalandon
Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 LMP2 341 10th 5th
2011 Greaves Motorsport Olivier Lombard
Tom Kimber-Smith
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 326 8th 1st